Examples of westbound in a Sentence
Traffic in the westbound lane is backing up.
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Cars on a westbound Conrail train tumbled off the tracks just before 7 a.m. between Cranford and Union in Union County, NJ.com reported.
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
The westbound interstate was closed between Exit 203 for Colorado 9 and East Frisco and Exit 201 for Frisco, about 3 miles west of Silverthorne, CDOT officials said in an 11:18 a.m. post on X.
The highway reopened as of 11:52 a.m.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2024
The Norwood Lateral is currently closed in the westbound direction between Paddock Road and I-71 and is expected to reopen the weekend of Sept. 20.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2024
The crash happened around 3:27 p.m. on westbound Interstate 40 near milepost 159.5 in Williams, Arizona, on a snow and ice-covered interstate.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
The westbound interstate was closed between Exit 203 for Colorado 9 and East Frisco and Exit 201 for Frisco, about 3 miles west of Silverthorne, CDOT officials said in an 11:18 a.m. post on X.
The highway reopened as of 11:52 a.m.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2024
The Norwood Lateral is currently closed in the westbound direction between Paddock Road and I-71 and is expected to reopen the weekend of Sept. 20.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2024
The crash happened around 3:27 p.m. on westbound Interstate 40 near milepost 159.5 in Williams, Arizona, on a snow and ice-covered interstate.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Westbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/westbound. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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westbound
adjective
west·bound
ˈwes(t)-ˌbau̇nd 
: going west
a westbound train
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